The Dempster Highway

The Dempster Highway snakes across the tundra from Dawson City to Inuvik. Due to permafrost (permanently frozen ground just under the surface) the Dempster is elevated from the ground using gravel and dirt. There are no trees at this high latitude. The ground is covered with red and green lichen and in this picture the lichen is typically one metre high and takes 75 years to grow to such a height. This picture is north of the tree line in the Tombstone mountains which is approximately 100 kilometres south of the Arctic circle. We found in taking the photographs that the sky was much brighter than the ground. (Ektachrome, August 1993)

The Dempster Highway

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A Link to Another Site About The Dempster Highway

Dempster Highway by Moped - 1978
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This page was created on August 15, 1997 by Brent Petersen.
This page was updated on August 19, 2004 by Brent Petersen.
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